Hello Red
My Whittaker ancestors were certainly in Clara and Tullamore in 1810 and I have Court evidence of a my second Great Grandfather William Whittaker being there in 1775.
"It appeared from a table put before the Court that the root of the petitioner's pedigree was in one William Whittaker, who came up to King's County, Ireland, in 1775. He lived, at a place called Kilbegan, and was believed to have been lawfully married. At any rate he had two sons— John, a weaver at Kilclair, and James, a soldier. James married one Nancy McClusky, by whom he had one son, also called James. This man came to Australia, did well, was drowned In the Admella in 1859, and left considerable property both real and personal. He, however, died intestate, and search was ultimately made for heirs. It was found that Nancy McClusky, the mother of the intestate, had married a second time one James Watson, and had had issue four children. "
I have William's father as Thomas, married to Elizabeth Fuller. Lots on my Ancestry Public Family Tree.
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